The Software Quality Discussion Group meets every two weeks, from September through May. All sessions are free and advance registration is not required.

Our events include "Introductory" and "Best Practice" sessions, networking events and planning meetings. Occassionally, we host vendor presentations. The schedule for this season is as follows:

Date	Type	Topic/Speaker
14-Sep-05	Best	The Value of Professional Certification Derek Bullen, S.i. Systems »
28-Sep-05	Best	How do you know when your process is good enough? Fiona Koether, Nortel »
12-Oct-05	Best	Usability Rosanne Fleury, NETeller »
26-Oct-05	Open	Usability Facilitated Open Discussion »
9-Nov-05	Best	Understanding and Improving Testability Pete McBreen »
23-Nov-05	Best	Employee Appreciation - The Fun Stuff Christine Bovaird, IHS Energy »
7-Dec-05	Soiree	Seventh Annual SQDG Soiree Open to all participants »
11-Jan-06	Best	Getting to the Point - Communication in the World of Software Quality Margo Elliot, Momentum Performance Solutions »
25-Jan-06	Best	Effective Communicating Facilitated Open Discussion »
8-Feb-06	Best	ITIL and Software Quality Valleri Okos, Polar Bear Corporate Education Solutions »
22-Feb-06	Best	Electronic Laboratory Results Data Exchange Between Systems: Dependencies, Variables and Process to Delivering 100% Accurate Data Kathy Ervin, Calgary Laboratory Services »
8-Mar-06	Best	The Impact of SOX on Software Quality in the Oil & Gas Industry Dave Watt, CIO, AltaGas Income Trust »
22-Mar-06	Best	Data Quality: How It Affects Delivering Software Quality Paul Gregory, Intervera Data Solutions »
5-Apr-06	Best	Maintainability Orest Demkiw, Peloton »
19-Apr-06	Open	Maintainability Facilitated Open Discussion »
3-May-06	Cancelled	NAD83: A project management and logistics case study Mike Griffiths, Quadrus Development Inc. »
17-May-06	Best	Root Cause Analysis Workshop Fiona Koether, Nortel »
31-May-06	Planning	Annual Planning Session Open to all participants »

** Please note scheduled sessions are subject to change.

Please see the 2005/2006 Event Details page for a listing of the events including presentation abstracts, speaker biographies, and additional event details.

This year's sessions will be held at the Calgary campus of the DeVry Institute.

Our sponsors for the 2005/2006 season include:

• Io Software Consultants
• DeVry
• IEEE Southern Alberta Section
• ASQ Calgary Section

Thank you to all our 2005/2006 sponsors, we greatly appreciate your support.